During the winter school break, the kids in a small village decide to have an epic snowball war. Most of the kids in the town decide to rally behind Luke, leaving Piers, his dog Cleo and brainiac friend Frankie to fend for themselves. However, the odds are evened when new girl Sophie and her hothead sister Lucy join forces with Piers and Frankie to defend their heavily elaborate fort.
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We are now at the halfway point of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and I thought that I would take some time and link to the video content that I have been releasing in conjunction with my written reviews. I have been doing daily video blogs, as well as recording some of the Q&As…
It’s a very summer-like block of films for the first month of spring. Let’s see what’s on deck. Feature Film March 2009Watchmen – March 6I have a feeling that this new graphic novel adaptation is poised to be the first true blockbuster of the year and I am definitely checking it out. Other Picks for…
While a lot of the focus of the Toronto International Film Festival centres around film premieres from all of the world, the festival still has time to focus on local Canadian films. As such, this week’s batch of TIFF announcements focused on the Canadian content that will play at this year’s festival. One interesting fact…
After that little bit of fun I had this morning, it is time for me to run down the entire line-up of this year’s Toronto After Dark film festival. This year will feature Toronto After Dark’s biggest line-up, consisting of 20 films over nine days. The first half of the line-up was announced in late…
Quite a busy week coming up for me. New Releases Prometheus (June 9) – Ridley Scott’s return to the world of Alien (which may or may not be a prequel) is one of the most anticipated films of the summer. I definitely look forward to checking this one out. Cosmopolis (June 12) – David Cronenberg‘s latest promises to…
The nominees were announced for the 2009 Golden Globe awards. As always, here are some random thoughts: Avatar really sticks out in the list of Best Picture – Drama nominees. If The Hangover wins Best Picture – Comedy or Musical it will be a happy day. In a perfect world, one of the two…
